Sentences with phrase «new efficient power»

Rather than encouraging the building of more efficient power plants, the California regulatory scheme prevented building new efficient power plants by forcing utilities to rely on the unreliable availability and predatory prices for imported electricity.

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Sure, there's a new processor, the A8, which promises to be faster and more power - efficient.

Tesla founder Elon Musk says he can build a new and more efficient grid that would use solar power to generate electricity.

Christianity, for its part, is not so much a new thing as a prolonged episode within the greater history of nihilism, notable chiefly for having brought part of this history's logic to its consummation by having invented the metaphysical God, the form of all forms, who grounds all of being in himself as absolute efficient cause, and who personifies that cause as total power and will.

«Governor Cuomo's Build Smart NY initiative is an innovative and practical approach to energy efficiency, expediting the completion of cost - saving measures and prioritizing work to ensure efficient implementation,» said Gil C. Quinones, president and chief executive officer, New York Power Authority.

These include: • One of the most technically advanced and cleanest smelters in the world which captures 99.9 per cent of sulphur emissions and generates two thirds of the plant's electrical power • A US$ 10m combined heat and power system that will reduce emissions by 90 per cent compared with separate heat and power systems • A vehicle idling reduction programme that now covers 360 vehicles and has resulted in the avoidance of more than two million gallons of fuel and emissions • New, more efficient trucks with fewer emissions

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New Energy Efficient Technology Comes to N.Y. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday, July 2 that the New York Power Authority Board of Trustees has approved $ 30 million to advance market development of new energy technologiNew Energy Efficient Technology Comes to N.Y. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Monday, July 2 that the New York Power Authority Board of Trustees has approved $ 30 million to advance market development of new energy technologiNew York Power Authority Board of Trustees has approved $ 30 million to advance market development of new energy technologinew energy technologies.

Following an agreement two years ago with the state's top power and energy organization to replace lighting throughout the town with more efficient LED light bulbs, Harrison has replaced 700 of roughly 2,400 fixtures in a project that began last month, according to the New York Power Authopower and energy organization to replace lighting throughout the town with more efficient LED light bulbs, Harrison has replaced 700 of roughly 2,400 fixtures in a project that began last month, according to the New York Power AuthoPower Authority.

In December, NYPA trustees approved financing that will be offered as part of the Power Authority's Municipal Electric - Drive Vehicle Program, which provides financial assistance to New York municipal utilities to facilitate the replacement of less fuel - efficient vehicles in order to advance Cuomo's clean energy goals.

A slew of new coal - fired generators are coming online, he noted, and while those plants are sleeker and more efficient, they're still not nearly as clean as gas - fired turbines or renewable power sources.

A new, highly permeable carbon capture membrane developed by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could lead to more efficient ways of separating carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust, preventing the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.

According to the Alliance to Save Energy, new standards for efficient lighting could save 158 million tons of carbon emissions each year, the equivalent of the emissions from 80 coal - fired power plants.

Contest aims to award $ 10 - million prize to the best new automotive design, and gives a glimpse of what the energy - efficient car of the future may look like — and what will power it

Compared with other strategies — efficient appliances, upgraded power plants, new grid technology — it has cost them next to nothing.

Wind - power engineers are developing new turbines that are far more efficient than those built just a decade ago.

Funding efficiency Nevertheless, another $ 100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (better known as the stimulus) was made available on March 2, to be awarded via ARPA — E to the best proposals for new grid - scale storage devices, better power converters and more efficient air conditioners, such as the ones being developed by the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) that rely on sound waves rather than mechanical pistons to drive compressors.

There has been much excitement among scientists about the power of these new gene editing methods, and particularly about the CRISPR / Cas9 system, which is relatively simple to use and generally very efficient.

In this work, we present a new kind of light source that is more efficient than what's available today in terms of power consumption and speed,» said Babak Bahari, an electrical engineering Ph.D. student in Kanté's lab and a co-author of the study.

The present heat - storage ceramic is expected to be a new candidate for use in solar heat power generation systems, which are actively promoted nowadays by European countries, and also for efficient use of industrial heat waste.

Rifkin says what Norway needs now is a national road map with provisions for the country's major urban areas to make the transition to a new, digital future where communities generate their own power, share their electric vehicles and live in super-insulated efficient buildings.

Thus, the new flat - panel device has smaller energy loss compared with other current lighting devices, which can be used to make energy - efficient cathodes that with low power consumption.»

Concerns about global warming and oil's imminent demise have caused scientists and policy - makers to look for solutions in both the future and the past: to new technologies such as nuclear fusion, multijunction photovoltaics, and fuel cells — and to traditional energy sources such as water power, wind power, and (sustainable) biomass cultivation (coupled with clean and energy - efficient combustion).

He noted that the idea of a supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle dates back to the 1940s, but steam cycles were already very efficient, well - understood and cheap, creating an uphill slog for a new power block to catch on.

Many have high hopes for a new power source called the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG), which uses a smaller amount of plutonium - 238 and is more efficient than previous radioisotope power sources.

Bitcoin has been accused of wasting energy in the past because of the computing power it takes to mine coins, but Gogerty says that SolarCoin is 50 times more energy - efficient because its algorithm allows the total number of coins to be mined faster — and that's before factoring in the energy boost from new solar panels.

With further development, the effect could spawn an efficient, portable new power source.

Replacing old coal - fired power plants with new natural gas plants could cause climate damage to increase over the next decades, unless their methane leakage rates are very low and the new power plants are very efficient.

The pelvis from a partial Ardipithecus ramidus skeleton nicknamed Ardi (SN: 1/16/10, p. 22) bears evidence of an efficient, humanlike walk combined with plenty of hip power for apelike climbing, says a team led by biological anthropologists Elaine Kozma and Herman Pontzer of City University of New York.

Natural gas might still have an advantage over coal when burned to create electricity, because gas - fired power plants tend to be newer and far more efficient than older facilities that provide the bulk of the country's coal - fired generation.

«Doping powers new thermoelectric material: Adding sodium produces material that is most efficient at converting heat to electricity.»

Materials chemists have been trying for years to make a new type of battery that can store solar or other light - sourced energy in chemical bonds rather than electrons, one that will release the energy on demand as heat instead of electricity — addressing the need for long - term, stable, efficient storage of solar power.

'' [Our work] demonstrates a new approach for efficient energy conversation from a dc electric field to coherent, high - power and electrically tunable terahertz emission by using hybrid semiconductors,» said Andrii Iurov, a researcher with a dual appointment at the University of New Mexico's Center for High Technology Materials and the City University of New Yonew approach for efficient energy conversation from a dc electric field to coherent, high - power and electrically tunable terahertz emission by using hybrid semiconductors,» said Andrii Iurov, a researcher with a dual appointment at the University of New Mexico's Center for High Technology Materials and the City University of New YoNew Mexico's Center for High Technology Materials and the City University of New YoNew York.

Now, new technologies such as energy efficient laser diodes — which help increase the laser power — have made these systems much more compact.

Most new coal - fired power plants are more efficient than the older technologies that used to be standard equipment.

But the power of a new chemical cage announced this week lies in its weakness: It's about 100 times more efficient at releasing its prisoner than its widely used counterparts.

In addition, the device employs an efficient low power source, said Padilla, whose research team worked with colleagues from the University of New Mexico and Duke University.

Because economic growth continues to boost the demand for energy — more coal for powering new factories, more oil for fueling new cars, more natural gas for heating new homes — carbon emissions will keep climbing despite the introduction of more energy - efficient vehicles, buildings and appliances.

Thus, the new flat - panel device has smaller energy loss compared with other current lighting devices, which can be used to make energy - efficient cathodes that [function] with low power consumption.»

One of those users is Dane Morgan, a professor of engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Madison who develops new materials for a wide range of applications, including highly active catalysts for fuel cells, stable low - work function electron emitter cathodes for high - powered microwave devices, and efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally safe solar materials.

A new design of algae - powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more cost - effective to produce and practical to use, has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge.

You should work to remove the anticompetitive advantages that poorly - controlled, inefficient, incumbent coal - fired power plants presently enjoy over newer, cleaner, and more efficient coal - fired plants.

Impressed by Morg's efficient brutality, Galactus gave him unlimited cosmic powers and made him his new Herald.

The new AWD system is quieter and more efficient than the old system because of a smaller aluminum transfer case housing, a finned rear differential underside, and a power takeoff unit using low - viscosity oil.

At the same time, Mazda must prove that it's capable of producing a top - tier sports car that can take on the best in the business, and do it with a new, more efficient rotary engine that has enough power to compete.

These changes also make the new 911 engines more fuel - efficient than their predecessors, despite the power increases.

Incidentally, despite the sensational power and torque output, the new engine is surprisingly fuel efficient and implements an electronically controlled cylinder deactivation system.

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Standard equipment includes an M Sports Package and the newest Z4 also features BMW Efficient Dynamics technologies such as Brake Energy Regeneration, Electric Power Steering and on - demand operation of engine ancillary units, optimizing fuel economy and emissions, BMW says.

Honda's new engine options are not just impressive in terms of power, they are also incredibly efficient with ratings of 31 city and 41 highway * and 31 city and 41 highway * respectively (with the CVT).